Cris Ericson is a UNITED STATES MARIJUANA Party candidate for the At-Large Congressional District of Vermont.

Cris Ericson is a UNITED STATES MARIJUANA Party candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the At-Large Congressional District (map) of Vermont. She is challenging incumbent Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)and Jane Newton, Liberty Union Party and Thomas James Hermann, Progressive Party and

also competing in the Primary Election for the Democratic slate on the ballot against Peter Welch is Craid Burclay Hill.

Cris Ericson is also on the Official Election Ballot 2008 for Governor of Vermont,
competing against Peter Diamondstone for the Liberty Union Party and Jim Douglas for the Republicans and Gaye Symington for the Democratic Party. Source: http://www.sec.state.vt.us and on the left click on Elections and scroll down to TWO lists, one list for the Primary Election for the major party candidates and then the General Election Candidate List for Cris Ericson because the United States Marijuana Party is not yet a major party in Vermont.

Positions, record and controversies

Bio

Cris Ericson graduated Ipswich High School in Ipswich, MA 01938 in 1970.
Cris Ericson attended Goddard College in Vermont 1970 - 1972.
Cris Ericson attended Los Angeles City College in 1974.
Cris Ericson graduated from University of Massachusetts in 1976.
Cris Ericson attended UCLA adult extension in 1991 and received a couple of Law school credits.
Cris Ericson graduated from P.C.D.I.
http://www.pcdi.edu
in 1996 with a total of two paralegal diplomas
in regular paralegal studies and also a specialty in corporate law.
Cris Ericson fought the movie industry over their trade secret special effects chemicals and was written up in the Federal Register
April 15, 1997 EPA Response to Citizen Petition Against Lead Azide
and in Federal Bankruptcy Law Reporter and
Westlaw, Ericson v. In re IDC.
While Cris Ericson was appealing what she felt was obvious error or fraud by a federal judge,
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy's campaign fund received money from the Dewey Ballantine PAC attorneys who were battling Cris Ericson in federal court over the movie industry trade secret special effects chemicals which turned out to be PETN plastic high explosives, Lead Azide and Lead Styphnate. Mysteriously, all appeals were denied. Cris Ericson complained to the U.S. Senate Ethics committee and they claimed she had not proven that Leahy had taken campaign funds from her opposing attorneys, when in fact, the case litigation was PUBLISHED on Westlaw and Federal Bankruptcy Law Reporter so the attorneys were obvious and it was obvious that they were listed publicly on http://www.fec.gov for donating to their employer's PAC.
Cris Ericson decided to run for public office to fight fraud in the courts and in government.

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